Melissa Heckscher is a freelance writer and mother of three living in Los Angeles. A former daily news and features reporter, she is the author of 10 nonfiction books and has written for newspapers, magazines, and television stations across the country including The Los Angeles Daily News, the Orange County Register, and NY1 News (New York City). She wishes more than anything that she could sing, dance and act—even karaoke-caliber would do—but is fine watching the professionals do it on stage.
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First Show:
CatsFavorite Show:
Wicked
Review: PUPPY PALS at the Norris Theater
April 14, 2024
April 14, 2024
Dog-lovers will lap up every minute of this 90-minute comedic dog stunt show that first premiered on America's Got Talent.
Review: OPHELIA at the Odyssey Theatre
April 14, 2024
April 14, 2024
Anything that makes you think is worth watching. And so Ophelia — in all its memory lapses and uncomfortable places — is worth it. Just bring a friend so you have someone to help you put the pieces together when it’s all over.
Interview: Megan McGinnis of BEETLEJUICE National Tour
April 15, 2024
April 15, 2024
BroadwayWorld spoke with Broadway alumn Megan McGinnis about coming back to SoCal, doing an exorcism in front of her 7-year-old son, and keeping a straight face while acting alongside Justin Collette’s Beetlejuice.
Preview: BROADWAY RAVE at The House Of Blues Anaheim
April 11, 2024
April 11, 2024
This is Broadway Rave, a nightclub-based celebration of musical theater where showtunes are played by a DJ instead of an orchestra and sung, not by trained actors but by pretty much every person in attendance.
Preview: Invertigo Dance Theatre's INTERIOR DESIGN at The Kirk Douglas Theater
April 8, 2024
April 8, 2024
Issues of love, grief, and community are explored in INTERIOR DESIGN, a 65-minute performance that's being called a 'complete interweaving of dance and theatre' playing at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City April 20-21.
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